• Playing for an hour is way more fun than talking about playing in the internet all week.
• 95% fo the adventures I think of can be run better in a fantasy genre with minor tweaking...and it'll be better than the genre I originally thought it up for (unless it is based around some modern or future technology)
• Trying to find a game to replace D&D is simply a exercise in futility...just play D&D!
• People talk about other games, people actually play D&D
• 4E is going to either make me into a true grognard, or force me to seriously house rule for the first time in my life (I hate house rules!  But I just can't have a fantasy world that has races other than Human, Elf, Dwarf,Gnome and Hobbit!)
• The key to RPG happiness is finding the right group...the only problem is that very few gamers think alike, and finding a handfull in your area often proves futile and depressing...It gets harder the older you get.
• I'll never get sick of a good dungeon crawl either

Er. Hrms
What do I believe about RPG's?

I believe in running what I want, this tends to make my players happy too (because I actually listen to them, and care about what they want.)

I think RPG's are always going to be about compromise between differing viewpoints. Because of different expectations due to different personal perspectives.

I believe there is nothing wrong with a good dungeon crawl. (Yet I hardly use them myself.)

I believe Plot/Story/re: whatever--is what goes on in the setting, whether its player driven or NPC driven it creates unfolding events thats link together even just because they share common reoccurring characters.


I believe my mind will always work better than a computer at running games
the way my players want.

I believe I have lots and lots of fun

Quote from: grubman

• People talk about other games, people actually play D&D

Dude, I play every week (last night was game night, in fact) and have pretty much since high school (with the exception of a 5 year hiatus) and I haven't played any D&D since 1987-88.

Quote from: AosDude, I play every week (last night was game night, in fact) and have pretty much since high school (with the exception of a 5 year hiatus) and I haven't played any D&D since 1987-88.

It was a cynical assessment of the majority of people who take part in forums, not a literal assessment of everyone...but somehow I think you knew that, and yet bothered to post your argument anyway.  Strange cyber-world we live in.:rolleyes:

• I believe Guinness makes any game better

Quote from: Old Geezer

• I believe Guinness makes any game better

I prefer a more modern approach:)

• I believe Smithwicks makes any game better*

* But I'll take a nice IPA in summer or a good doublebock in winter.

• Screw your beer, I'll take marijuana.

I believe that some of the loudest opinionators on games in forums have read more about their topic game than have played it.

Actual play trumps reading about a game.

• Random tables are great for poking your brain in unexpected but good places.
• Losing can be just as much fun as winning.
• War stories are more interesting than backstories.
• Sandbox style campaigns rule, but not all players will have fun in them.
• I don't really need more new systems. A few modules are nice, though.
• Good dungeons have always been and will always be fun.

Quote from: Old Geezer

• I believe Guinness makes any game better

It does, as does any other good beer or ale.  Hell, good root beer makes it better.

Quote from: Melan

• War stories are more interesting than backstories.

You got that right! although there is nothing wrong with reasonable backstories as well.

Allen

* I believe that when half the players at the table are women players - a much better game happens. (Plus the GM is likely much more alert)



- Ed C.






I haven't gamed with an "all-male" RPG group in over 12 years

Creo que:

• RPGs are often found in FLGSs. [PUN]It's a symptom of acronyism.[/PUN]
  
  
• RPGs are also to be found online.


• Many gamers own RPGs.


• Many gamers don't own RPGS.


• Some gamers download "free" RPGS online.


• Some RPGS are traditional.


• Some RPGs are not.

After that, it gets hazy.

-clash

Quote from: Bradford C. WalkerIt does, as does any other good beer or ale.  Hell, good root beer makes it better.

Backed up by parallel consumption of cigarettes, a concept hard to communicate to Americans. I find my best roleplaying happens in between beers 3 and 6 (Stella Artois, will settle for Corona. So I'm a Eurofag, what's it to you?).

QuoteStella Artois, will settle for Corona

Neither of which is a beer, so whatcha talkin´about?